In reply to a much older post:
I never said communist nations don't use the instruments of the state against its own people. A core tenet of many, if not most, leftist philosophies is the idea of class struggle. The point I was making is that the law, as it is in most countries, is not much more than a tool of the ruling classes, which is what I originally stated. Of course "communist" nations use the tools of the state, including the law, the judiciary, the police, and the military, against their own citizenry. Communist nations feature as much, if not more, class stratification as non-communist nations (which is why many people argue that such nations should not even be labeled or considered communist; North Korea is a prime example).
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